Well, so far this month has been a busy one. The first weekend of the month was a family recognition weekend for sure. We have three birthdays in the month of May and 2 of them are on the same day, so May will always be busy. However, this year were some significant ones. Jayden turned 12 and Natalie turned 8 on May 1st. Seth's birthday was the next week, May 9th.
Saturday, May 2nd were our stake baptisms. Being in a younger stake (the primaries of each ward are usually around 150 or more), they usually have two baptism sessions to accomodate all of the baptisms. But this month was an anomaly. As it turned out, Natalie was the only one from our ward AND our stake being baptized. We were lucky enough to have the whole program. Grandmothers said the prayers and uncles gave the talks, which made for a very memorable baptism. It was a great experience and very enriching to see Natalie make that important step.
The following Sunday, Jayden was ordained to the office of a deacon. Jayden has always been a very caring and sensitive one, especially relating to things of the Spirit. It i
s great to see Jayden accepting this responsibility and how serious he is taking it. He is excited to be graduated from Primary. Now, he gets to pass the sacrament this Sunday. He can't wait.That evening, there was a stake court of honor where Seth received his Life Scout award and Jayden received his Tenderfoot, 2nd Class, and 1st Class Scout awards.
All in all, the weekend was definitely busy. We are grateful for all of the family that could come and celebrate it with us. It was one of those "joy and rejoicing in your posterity" weekends. But it does age us a bit, when we realized that 3 of our 6 kids are now in Young Mens/Young Womens. So far, it is fun to have teenagers in the house. Bret likes it, because that is the age of kids he deals with most of the time and really gets along with them. But having kids that same age, helps him understand the problems other parents often have with their teenager
s in his classes.Anyways, all of our kids are all growing up so fast. That also means that Bret and I are getting older and I don't know if I like that very much, especially that I am getting close to that big birthday.....(Like Bret likes to remind me "***age edited*** isn't old....for a tree."
